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No. 777,272. Patented December 13, 1904.

STATES PATENT OEEICE.

i N ITE lll JONATHAN T. BROWN, OF MARBLEHEA'D, vMASSALIIUSE'ITS,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO O. A. MILLER '.ITREEING MACHINECOMPANY, OF BROOKTON, MASSAOHUSETIS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

lSPLAY-FOFiWlm SPECIFICATIONfor-ming part of Letters Patent No. 777,272,dated December 13, 1904.

Application filed -Tnly 11, 1902. Serial Nn. 115,146. (No model.)

T (LZ/f 1071/0771/ 71ml/ @0N/067%: flexed, as when it is being insertedin a shoe Beit known that I, JONATHAN T. BnowN, of or withdrawn from ashoe. Marblehead, m the county of Essex and State The shoe-formcomprises a heel part l and of Massachusetts, have invented certain newafore part 3, connected preferably at a sin and useful Improvements inDisplay-Forms, gie pivotal point by a hinge 20. The line of of which thefollowing is a specification. division between the fore part and heelpart This invention relates to forms, followers, extends from the instepon the upper side to and lasts, herein referred to as shoe-forms I thebetteln of the form, so that the portion or forms which are employed fordeterof the form oceupyingthe opening at the top IO mining, preserving,or restoring the shapes of the shoe between the counter and the in- 55of boots and shoes, and particularly to that step is all comprised inthe heel part l, and class of shoe-for1ns which are made in two thetopface ofthe shoe-form has a continuous parts connected togetherpreferably at a sinor unbroken surface 13. The heel part co1ngle pivotalpoint in such manner that the prisesaforwardly-prejecting member ersole- I5 form may be shortened for insertion into or piece 2 and aforwardly-projeeting member 6o withdrawal from a slice and may belengthor instep-piece 9, the upper member or exened, so as to lill outthe shoe after having tension 9 having on its outer end a surface beenplaced therein. The shoe-form herein which is adapted to support theupper partef shown is especially adapted for use with lowthe instepportion ofthe shoe. The fore part 2O cut or Oxford shoes in which theupper porhas a member t for supporting the lower por- 65 tion of theform is exposed above the top of tion of the instep of the shoe.Preferably the shoe; but of course the invention is not the portion A ofthc fore part extends up limited in any way to shoe-forms adapted forwardly and backwardly to or near the instept this use. supportingportion 9 of the heel part. The

One of the features of my invention conshoe-form is cut away between thefore part 70 sists in a divided shoe-form having a single and the heelpart, as at 5, for the purpose of part adapted to fill completely theupper porpermitting the relativemovement of the parts tion of a low-cutshoe, so that when the form of the hinge Q0. The face 1l of the forepartis in such a shoe it will present to view only member t and the facesIOand 1Q of the heelunbroken surfaces like a solid shoe-form. partme1nber9 are formed to slide freely with 75 Another feature of theinvention consists in relation to each other the parts are movedconstructing the heel part of a shoe-form on the hinge 20. The adjacentfaces 7 and S with a member o1' extension adapted to supbelow the hingeserve as stops to limit the port aportion of theinstep of the shoe,theremovement of the parts in the direction for by reducing the tendencyof the shoe to colextending the form, and preferably, also, the 8O lapsethe form. faces Il and 12 contact when the shoe-form Other features ofthe invention, including is in its extended condition. It will beobcertain details of construction and combinaserved that when the heelpart of the form is tions of parts, will be herein described, and turnedup for collapsing the form the height l pointed out in the claims. ofthe form measured through the lower por- Figure l is a side elevation.partly in section of the instep is decreased, thus making tion, of ashoe-form embodying my invention it easier to put the form into a shoeand to in one of the best forms now known to me, a take it out. Thelocation of the pivotal conshoe being shown upon the form. Fig. 2 isnection between the fore part and the heel a similar view of theshoe-form collapsed or part may be varied; but said connection is 90preferably so located in advance of the instepsupporting surface, or itmay be under said surface, that the tension of the upper over the saidinstep-su pporting surface has no tendency to collapse the shoe-form. Itis to be noted that the heel part with its forwardlyextending member orsole-piece 2, together with the fore part or toe member, constitute thebottom face of the form, and when the shoe-form is extended the entirebottom of the shoe is engaged and held in proper position by theseparts.

In using the shoe-form the instep portion of the shoe is distended andsupported by the movable heel part of the form, and when the shoe-formis used with low-cut shoes it presents a better appearance than otherforms, because the part which is exposed to view above or through thetop of a shoe is a solid portion withoutany lines of division, thusgiving the appearance of a one-piece shoeform.

Having thus explained the nature of my invention and described a way ofconstructing and using the same, though without attempting to set forthall of the forms in which it may be made or all the modes of its use,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A foot-form comprising a heel member formed with a sole-pieceextending toward the ball portion of the form, a toe member having itsbottom surface arranged as an extension of that of said sole-piece andformed with an integral instep-block separated from said solepiece by arecess, an extension on the heel member closing the rear end of saidrecess and adapted to play closel to but past the end of said block, anda hinge connecting the end of the sole-piece to said toe member, wherebythe instep measure of the form may be lessened by a movement of thesole-piece toward the instep-block.

2. A display form or follower comprising fore and heel parts hingedtogether, the heel part having a recess with an instep-supportprojecting forward over said recess, and having an upper portion forminga continuous or unbroken surface to the instep, and the fore part havinga rearward extension movable from a position in line with the instepportion of the heel part to a position along the bottom of said recess.

3. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part pivotally connected, theheel part being formed with a recess in its end adjacent the fore partand with an instep-supporting member, and a rearwardly-extending memberon said fore part adapted to be moved from a position in line with theinstep-supporting' member of the heel part into a position along thebottom of the recess.

4. A shoe-form comprising a fore part and a heel part hinged together,the heel part being formed with a recess in' its end adjacent the forepart and having an instep-supporting member` the upper portion of saidheel part forming a continuous or unbroken t'op surface of theshoe-form, and a rearwardlyextending member on the fore part movablefrom a position in line with the instep-supporting' member of the heelpart to a position along the bottom of said recess.

5. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part pivotally connected, saidheel part having a forwardly-extending member adapted to support theinstep of the shoe, and one of said parts being cut away to form arecess for permitting the form to be collapsed by a movement of theother part into the recess.

6. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part, the heel part beingprovided with an instep-supporting surface, and having a pivotalconnection to the fore part, said pivotal connection being located inadvance of the instep supporting surface of the heel part, wherebycollapse of the form by pressure of the shoe on said instep-supportingsurface will be prevented.

7. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part connected at a singlepivotal point, said heel part having a forwardly-extending memberadapted to support the instep of the shoe.

8. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part connected at a singlepivotal point, the heel part having an instep-supporting memberprojecting forwardly therefrom, and the upper portion of said shoe-formpresenting a continuous or unbroken top surface.

9. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part connected at a singlepivotal point and constructed to present only continuous or unbrokensurfaces to view when the form is in place in a shoe.

10. In a divided shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part connected at asingle pivotal point, the line of division between said two partsintersecting the bottom and the instep of the form, but not the top facethereof.

1l. A shoe-fo rm comprising a fore part and a heel part, the heel partbeing' provided with an instep-supporting surface and connected at asingle pivotal point, said pivotal point being positioned with relationto the said instepsupporting surface to prevent collapse of theshoe-form bypressure of the shoe on said instep-supporting surface.

l2. In a shoe-form, a fore part and a heel part, the heel part beingprovided with a portion adapted to support the instep of a shoe andhaving a forwardly-extending member, a pivotal connection between saidmember and the fore part, the said fore part having a rearwardly andupwardly extending member separated from the forwardly-extending memberof the heel part by a recess, the heel part IOO IIO

'forming the rear Well of seid recess l(ind being adapted Jfor movementtoward and from Seid fore-part member to increase and diminish theheight of the form measured throng-h the Seid fore-part and heel-partmembers.

13. A shoe-'form presenting e continuous or unbroken top surface andcomprising e fore part and e heel part pivotelly connected, said partsbeing shaped Yfor permittingI relative movement to collapse the form andfor pre- IO venting increase of instep-measure oiE the form when it iscollapsed.

ln testimony whereorl lf have affixed my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

JONATHAN T. BROWN. W'itneeses P. W. VPlczze'rr, H. L. ROBBINS.

